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Webster 1913 Edition
Petechiae
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Pe-tech′i-æ
,Noun.
pl.
sing.
Petechia
. [NL., fr. LL.
peteccia
; cf. F. pétéchie
, It. petecchia
, Sp. petequia
, Gr. πιττάκιον
a label, plaster.] (Med.)
Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Petechiae
PETE'CHIAE
,Noun.